The Employment Report

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Entries from April 2009

What to Look for in a Recruiter

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

In today’s competitive job market, your job search may go smoother if you hire a recruiter. A recruiter works like a Hollywood agent for us normal, non-celebrity folks. Their job is to find you work, and they only get paid when they do.
Recruiters are relatively easy to find. You can ask friends or family if […]

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The Most Effective Use of Job Boards

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Monster.com, CareerBuilder and HotJobs are the most popular job boards on the internet, which are both their greatest strengths and their worst weaknesses.
Due to their popularity, a great many companies use the Websites to list job openings that might interest you. Whatever your career is currently, you can find dozens of jobs in that field […]

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History of Popular Job Boards

December 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Everyone knows the typical New Year’s Resolutions: lose weight, get out of debt, quit smoking and/or drinking, get organized and get a new job. If you’re one of the many that has resolved to find a new job, then your next move will probably be to post a resume on one of the many job […]

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Protecting Yourself on the Job Search

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Never are you more vulnerable than during the hunt for a new job, especially if you’ve been unemployed for a financially dangerous amount of time. You’re frantically scouring the job boards and want ads for something, anything that you can do to avoid sinking into an impossibly deep debtor’s hole. With that fear pulsating through […]

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